DETECTIVE COMICS (2016)

BATMAN'S SURREAL TREK ACROSS THE DESERT! "Elegy of Sand" continues, and Batman's hallucinatory trek across a desert between worlds becomes ever more dangerous as he finds himself face-to-face against…well, you'll just have to wait and find out. Meanwhile, in Gotham, a strange Utopia is blooming as the Orghams continue to hypnotize the public into believing that Batman never existed. And as this knight-less city thrives, one must ask…did Gotham ever need Batman in the first place?

GOTHAM WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! "Batman: Outlaw" concludes in part five of five of the biweekly Detective Comics event! The Batman is dead. The Reality Engine, a device capable of amplifying the Orghams' hypnotic powers, has roared to life. The people of Gotham, having watched the Dark Knight die on the gallows, begin to forget there ever was a Batman, and the Gotham that the Orghams have been working toward since their arrival in the city emerges: a city without a Batman. A city that never had a Batman. Check out the reality-bending, city-altering finale to "Batman: Outlaw," and ask yourself: will Gotham ever be the same again?

PART TWO OF FIVE IN "BATMAN: OUTLAW"—THE BIWEEKLY DETECTIVE COMICS EVENT! Hang the Bat! The sun sets on the horizon, casting long shadows of justice as the Batman, under the possession of an Azmer, takes his long walk down to the gallows in front of a hypnotized Gotham, and it’s up to the best cat burglar around to save him! But this town may not be big enough for the both of them, especially with Selina on bad terms with Batman. "Batman: Outlaw" part two of five in the biweekly Detective Comics event continues here!

PUBLISHED: 2023-10-31

"BATMAN: OUTLAW," THE FIVE-PART BIWEEKLY DETECTIVE COMICS EVENT, STARTS HERE! Batman, now under the control of an Azmer demon, is to be publicly hanged to atone for his crimes! With both the city and the Dark Knight under the Orghams’ spell, it’s a lawless land, and with the Bat-Family out of the picture after the events of "The Gotham War," who will help him? It’s up to the ragtag group of Batman’s greatest allies, and enemies, to steal him from the gallows before it’s too late!

WRITER: RAM V, DAN WATTERS

PUBLISHED: 2023-10-24

DEMON VS. INNER DEMONS IN A FIGHT FOR BRUCE WAYNE'S SOUL! As Batman races through the streets of Gotham and out of the Orgham’s grasp, Bruce races through the memories in his mind as the Azmer demon tries to take hold of him…except the only thing in the demon’s way is Bruce’s own inner demons…and Barbatos. Then, in the backups, can Bruce’s memory of Alfred consoling him as a boy be preserved from the Azmer if he takes Barbatos’s offer?

WRITER: RAM V

PUBLISHED: 2023-09-26

DETECTIVE VS. DEMON! An Azmer demon is tethered to Batman! Now it’s up to Bruce’s inner demons to save him from this very real one…but what about the Barbatos entity that’s been lurking beside them? Is it the real Barbatos or simply a figment of Batman’s internal struggles, and more importantly…whose side is it on?

WRITER: RAM V

PUBLISHED: 2023-06-27

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT II - THE FALL / THINGS THAT MUST DIE, PART I

Batman arrives at the new Orgham grounds (which used to be the ruins of Arkham Asylum) to investigate what the Orghams have been hiding directly underneath the land that ties Gotham to the family centuries back...including the existence of Batman. Then, in the backup, Gordon investigates the reason Sorrow can't be near Batman...and they find out the difficult way.

WRITER: RAM V, DAN WATTERS

PUBLISHED: 2023-05-30

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT II - THE FALL / THINGS THAT MUST DIE, PART I

Batman arrives at the new Orgham grounds (which used to be the ruins of Arkham Asylum) to investigate what the Orghams have been hiding directly underneath the land that ties Gotham to the family centuries back...including the existence of Batman. Then, in the backup, Gordon investigates the reason Sorrow can't be near Batman...and they find out the difficult way.

WRITER: RAM V, SIMON SPURRIER

PUBLISHED: 2023-04-25

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I - PART III / ABSOLUTE, PART 3 OF 3

Shoes a.k.a Cheshire Cat continues to prowl the tunnels of Gotham looking for answers of her past, and when she runs into a horde of Azmer underneath the city...she makes an unlikely friend who was born on a Monday. Meanwhile, the Orgham's long running ties with the League of Assassins is revealed by Talia Al Ghul, and the truths of their relationship affects both Batman and Bruce Wayne. Then, in the backup, Mr. Freeze continues his interrogation of Dr. Mead (or as he calls it, his research) regarding how to fix Nora so that she'll return to him as Mrs. Fries and love him again.

WRITER: RAM V, SIMON SPURRIER

PUBLISHED: 2023-03-28

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I - PART II: GRAND DESIGN / ABSOLUTE, PART 2 OF 3

The gothic opera crashes into a crescendo as Batman goes head-to-head with an Azmer demon…unaware that it is is someone in Bruce Wayne’s life. Meanwhile, a mysterious team called the Vigil arrives to investigate the Azmer sightings—but who are the Vigil, and are they on Batman’s side? Then, in the backup: With Mrs. Freeze only a pale image of the woman Victor Fries fell in love with—what is he to do now to save her?

WRITER: RAM V, SIMON SPURRIER

PUBLISHED: 2023-02-28

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I - PART IV: GRAND DESIGN / ABSOLUTE, PART 1 OF 3

Batman investigates the frozen Azmer that Mr. Freeze gave him, and makes a huge discovery about the ancient demons. Meanwhile, Azmer begin to pour into Gotham’s streets, controlling helpless people and those poor souls the city cares not for…all to do the Orghams’ bidding. Then, in the backup story, what kind of deal have the Orghams struck with Mr. Freeze, and is he also controlled by an Azmer?

WRITER: RAM V, SIMON SPURRIER

PUBLISHED: 2023-01-24

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I - PART III: HALF A CHANCE IN HELL / A TUNE THAT LISTENS BACK

This special Two-Face issue is split in half artistically by maestros Rafael Albuquerque and Ivan Reis to portray the struggles Harvey Dent goes through trying to stay alive with the help of his more evil side... Genius writer Ram V not only devised each page of this story to be a dark reflection of the page facing it, but also of itself from front to back! This is an issue you won't want to miss!

WRITER: Ram V

PUBLISHED: 2022-12-27

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I: SOMETHING IN THE WAY, PART II / A TALE OF THREE HALVES, PART 3 OF 3

Mr. Freeze encounters an Azmer, one of the demonic beings terrorizing Gotham's villainous underground network, and then Mr. Freeze makes an offer to the Dark Detective that he cannot refuse. Then, the Orgham's werewolf protector gives Two-Face one more chance to tell him who Batman is. In the backup story, take a stroll inside Two-Face and Harvey Dent's mind as they try to have a secret conversation outside the listening ears of a mysterious shadow stalking them in this headspace…

WRITER: Ram V

PUBLISHED: 2022-11-23

GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I: SOMETHING IN THE WAY, PART 1 / A TALE OF THREE HALVES, PART 2 OF 3

As the Azmer demon takes hold of the Harvey Dent side of Two-Face, it's up to the bad side to save them both before it's too late…that is, if Harvey will give up the identity of Batman to help them. Meanwhile, the young Orgham heir Arzen meets Bruce Wayne for the first time, and Bruce see potential in the boy.

WRITER: Ram V

PUBLISHED: 2022-10-25

GOTHAM NOCTURNE OVERTURE, PART 3 / THE CODA, PART 3 OF 3

Using the new information about “black noise,” Batman investigates the music box in his possession some more, which leads him to question whether music is actually able to contain physics-altering properties. Later, this theory is tested with Two-Face.

GOTHAM NOCTURNE OVERTURE, PART 3 / THE CODA, PART 3 OF 3

Using the new information about “black noise,” Batman investigates the music box in his possession some more, which leads him to question whether music is actually able to contain physics-altering properties. Later, this theory is tested with Two-Face.